Examination in ethanol of fixed specimens of nasal mucosa in incident light reveals the precise localisation of the olfactory epithelium in man and other mammals. It is demonstrated that the olfactory margin in man is regular; at about 2 years the margin begins to acquire an irregularity as degeneration of the olfactory organ (epithelium) sets in.
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